摘要：“At the heart of free market environmentalism is a system of well-specified property rights to natural and environmental resources,” explain Terry Anderson and Donald Leal in their seminal book, Free Market Environmentalism. Whereas conventional analyses characterize environmental problems as examples of “market failure,” free market environmentalism (FME) identifies the lack of markets—and in particular a lack of enforceable and exchangeable property rights—as the source of environmental problems. To remedy such ills, FME proponents advocate the extension of property rights to ecological resources so as to facilitate their use and protection in a manner consistent with individual preferences, including any preferences for a clean and healthy environment. But are all environmental problems amenable to free market solutions?
